National Internal Security Policy, 2014

By 2013, global terrorism and armed conflict in Afghanistan had changed the internal security paradigm of Pakistan. Pakistan’s economy had suffered a loss of more than US$ 78 billion in the previous ten years. More than 50,000 Pakistanis, including civil, Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) personnel, had sacrificed their lives of affected bodily. This challenged the resolve and resilience of the people of Pakistan for peace.

The National Internal Security Policy (NISP) 2014:

The Ministry of Interior came up with a comprehensive and first-ever policy document on internal security and counter-terrorism. The National Internal Security Policy (NISP 2014) was conceived and prepared on the initiative and under the guidance of the then Minister for Interior and subsequently approved by the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.

The NISP 2014 was based upon “principles of mutual inclusiveness and integration of all national efforts” and included three elements viz.

57 new Units of FC raised in FY 2015/16 and 2016/17 & Rapid Response Force established in Provincial CTDs

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Directorate of Internal Security (DIS) under NACTA to coordinate effort of 33 LEAs/ CAFs/ Intel. Agencies in Country

Joint Intelligence Directorate NACTA

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Countering Financing of Terrorism (CFT)

NACTA, Ministry of Finance and Provincial Governments

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Legal Reforms

NACTA, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Law & Justice

B: Composite Deterrence Plan (CDP) or Hard Component

The Composite Deterrence Plan included the concept of National Internal Security Apparatus (NISA comprising Police and Civil Armed Forces), filling its inadequacies through strengthening and capacity building and its coordinated anti-terrorist effort through National Internal Security Operations Centre (NISOC) under the oversight of the Federal Government. This concept of CDP translated into thousands of Intelligence Based Operations (7,522 IBOs) carried out countrywide on account of intelligence sharing and fusion at the local levels, by the Integrated Security Apparatus.

Text of National Internal Security Policy 2014-2018

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Published byNACTAonAugust 24, 2017, Last Updated by NACTAonJanuary 2, 2018

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